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Here and There on the Turf Some Futurity Betrospect. Contestants When Fillies Won. Martin Nathanson, who does the handicapping for the racing at Havre de Grace, rates Goshawk, Zev and Enchantment at the same notch in his allotment of weights for the Eastern Shore Handicap, the 0,000 stake race at three-quarters of the Harford Association, that is to be decided Wednesday when that meeting begins. Bud Lerner is in four pounds lighter than the Whitney gelding and the other two at the top of the list, with 122 as his impost, and then comes the Futurity winner, Sallys Alley, at 121 pounds. As the penalties for the Eastern Shore Handicap only accrued from 5 p. m. last Saturday, the daughter of AHumeur and Salvolatile does not pick up a penalty for having won the most coveted of all the two-year-old prizes. Mr. Nathanson had a proper respect for the qualities of the filly before he fixed the Eastern Shore weights, as is shown when she was put just five pounds under the best colts that are engaged. While this is a handicap, the top weight has bean made 126 pounds and it is possible that the race will indicate the eastern champion of the year. On all that he accomplished Enchantment appears to be the best of his age, but his being a gelding limits his opportunities. The best of both the colts and the fillies in the East are engaged in the Eastern Shore Handicap and it would seem that Enchantment should be able to give away weight to most of them, as he is required to do, and still have a good chance to be the winner. It was only the fact that he was not barrier wise that prevented Enchantment from winning the Hopeful Stakes and he left the post so badly in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes that it would seem he has not yet learned his lessons. In fact, almost all of the Whitney two-year-olds of this year have shown a woeful lack of alertness at the post and on various occasions it probably has cost starters from that stable the glory of victory. Now that Sallys Alley has triumphed in the Futurity the two-year-old championship is still pretty far up in the air. While she was rated as a thoroughly good filly, there were few that gave her a serious chance to beat the colts before the running. But Eugene Wayland always gave her a chance. In fact, it is doubtful if any trainer had a like confidence in his entry before post time. Wayland made no secret of the fact that he expected to win with Sallys Alley. He had given her a careful preparation and he knew thoroughly. Wayland is a high-class trainer with remarkable success when it comes to the fitting of two-year-olds. Wayland has just batted 1.000 in the Futurity, for he has ony sent two to the post and each has won for him. In 1920 he saddled both Careful and Step Lightly for Walter J. Salmon. Careful had proved herself a high-class filly and is still winning races from the best of them, but Wayland was more confident about Step Lightly for the Futurity. He was eminently correct in his estimate, although after that race Step Lightly accomplished little. Only seven fillies have won the Futurity rnnce its first running in 188S and some of , : , i i ; ! ; ; i 1 " them were lucky enough to score in "off" years. There have been such years when the two-year-old crop does not measure up to the best standard, but then some of the filly winners proved themselves equal to the best that have raced in this country. The Butterflies was the first filly to win, when she took down the prize in 1894. Back of her finished Brandy-wine, Agitator, Gutta Percha, Manchester, Prim, Waltzer, Cromwell, St. Veronica, Monaco, Sadie, Doggett, Canterbury, California, Dom-basette and Counter Tenor. Some of these are still well remembered for what they accomplished on the turf. Then in 1897, when LAlouette was the win- j ner, she beat a band that numbered among others Lydian, Oriel, Plaudit, Central Trust, Gala Day, Handsel, Gibraltar, The Huguenot, Howland, Benares, Cock Robin, Grand Sachem Amazonian, Ruby Lips, Arquebus and Previous. In this connection it is only fair to recall that Previous was left at the post. In 1903, when Hamburg Belle won, though she was cut down so badly in the running that she was not seen under silks again for the year, it was a good band that finished back of her. It was composed of Leonidas, The Minute Man, Audience, Highball, Little Em, Kohi-noor, Mercury, Lady Amelia, Adbell, Collector Jessup, Broomstick, Delhi, Rain or Shine, Ancestor, Raglan, Midshipman and Phaser. Artful was the next filly to score, when she took the Futurity of 1904 and it surely was not an "off" year when those finishing back of her were such stars as Tradition, Sysonby, Tanya, Councilman, Agile, Belle Strome, Wild Mint, Glorifier, Hot Spot, Oiseau, Jack Lory, Woodsaw, Chrysitis, Bedouin and Rose of Dawn. The field was a small one in 1908 when Maskette won for the late James R. Keene, but it was another notable one when Sir Martin was second and Helmet third, while the others were Perseus, Mediant, Fayette, Hillside, Practical and Ruble. It is remembered that in England Sir Martin, in the following year, fell in the running of the Epsom Derby when he appeared the winner. The band that was beaten by Walter J. Salmons Step Lightly in 1920 was not as good as some of these others, for, with the exception of Grey Lag and Prudery, those in the field were not remarkable. Those she beat were Star Voter, Grey Lag, Kirklevington, Crocus, Our Flag, Believe Idle Hour, Prudery, Banksia, The Bohemian, Smoke Screen, Hil-dur, John Paul Jones, Quecreek, Careful, Touch Me Not, Bermont and Our Boots, one that was left at the post.
